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Alice Bond - taking a sabbatical from work and hiking 1300km across the South Island of New Zealand

Apr 2, 2019
2 min

Alice Bond - taking a sabbatical from work and hiking 1300km across the South Island of New Zealand

Alice took a year long sabbatical from work and since then has walked 1300km across the Te Araroa South Island in New Zealand, wild camped on the Great Wall of China and walked for 10 days along the Tokai Nature Trail in Japan. During this podcast Alice shares more about growing up, not being sporty but loving the outdoors, how a car accident helped to motivate her to make a change in her life, how she planned for her time off, as well as giving advice and tips for you on enj

Kate Rawles - Outdoor philosopher, writer, activist and cyclist. Cycling South America for the Life

Mar 19, 2019
3 min

Kate Rawles - Outdoor philosopher, writer, activist and cyclist. Cycling South America for the Life

Kate grew up largely in Scotland, bar a few years in Penzance, and now lives in Cumbria with her partner, Chris. She is a keen sea kayaker – preferably around remote, wildlife-rich islands – hill walker and bookworm, as well as a cyclist. A former university lecturer, first in environmental philosophy and then outdoor education, Kate now works freelance. Her overall aim is to help deliver a massive wake up call: raising awareness and inspiring effective, intelligent action on

Di Westaway - Chief Adventure Chick (CEO), Founder of Wild Women On Top and Coastrek

Mar 12, 2019
3 min

Di Westaway - Chief Adventure Chick (CEO), Founder of Wild Women On Top and Coastrek

Di is a global leader and award-winning woman of influence who has inspired more than 30,000 people off the couch through shared hiking adventures, while raising over $30 million for charity and helping women lead adventurous lives they love. Di does work she loves with people she loves the way she loves and she’s keen to help families, friends and workers do the same. Di is passionate about motivating women to lead adventurous lives they love, creating pleasure, power and pr

Bex Band - The Ordinary Adventurer sharing more about her life as a nomad and Kick Scooting the leng

Mar 6, 2019
3 min

Bex Band - The Ordinary Adventurer sharing more about her life as a nomad and Kick Scooting the leng

Bex started out with her blog, The Ordinary Adventurer, in 2016 and a year later founded Love Her Wild. In just over a year, she grew the community to over 5,000. Her blog now receives over 10,000 visitors a month and she regularly delivers talks and sell-out expeditions. She was shortlisted for TGO personality of the year 2017 and made the 2018 San Miguel Rich List. Since we last spoke with Bex in 2017, Bex has gone on to do numerous challenges and expeditions, which have in

6 Tips for Ultra Tough Challenges with Endurance Adventurer Katy Parrott

Oct 26, 2018
5 min

6 Tips for Ultra Tough Challenges with Endurance Adventurer Katy Parrott

Katy Parrott is no stranger to taking on the toughest of challenges. In fact, her desire to push herself through anything that comes her way has earned her the description of “Tinkerbell crossed with the Terminator”. While Katy spends her days working in TV production, her free time is full of working in the army reserves or training for ridiculous endurance events. This incredible adventurer shows us how much you can accomplish when you dare to say yes! Keep reading for her

Lowri Davies - Kayaker, European Freestyle Champion & adventurer who has paddled in remote locations

Oct 23, 2018
3 min

Lowri Davies - Kayaker, European Freestyle Champion & adventurer who has paddled in remote locations

Lowri has been around kayaking all her life, but didn’t get into paddling properly until she was 14, when kayaks and kit started to fit. She became hooked, nagging anyone she could to take her paddling – whether it was to a local beck, cold winter surf or a man-made white water course. All of her hard work paid off and Lowri earned a place on the GB freestyle team for the 2001 World Championships and aged just 16 it was a life changing experience. She has continued to compete

Fighting Boredom with Extraordinary Expeditions from Adventurist Katy Willings

Oct 12, 2018
4 min

Fighting Boredom with Extraordinary Expeditions from Adventurist Katy Willings

After the sudden death of a dear friend in 2008, Katy Willings entered the world of adventure. Her friend had entered into the Rickshaw Run in India through a quirky company called The Adventurists. Katy thought the idea was ridiculous but ended up taking her friend’s place. At the end of the Rickshaw Run, The Adventurists announced the Mongol Derby, the world’s longest horse race. Interested in horses, that peaked Katy’s interest and she entered in the inaugural Mongol Derby

Gearing up for an Expedition with Minimalist Adventurer Hannah Cox

Oct 5, 2018
4 min

Gearing up for an Expedition with Minimalist Adventurer Hannah Cox

As part of committing to a life of adventure, Hannah Cox decided to travel 18,000 miles from the UK to Bhutan in what she calls her ‘Road to Happiness’. Putting together this mega-adventure took plenty of planning and preparation. On top of all that, Hannah got rid of all her possessions except a backpack and suitcase! The minimalist adventurer herself shared with Tough Girl Challenges what it took to plan her expedition from the very beginning. See her podcast episodes below

Jessica Hepburn - Author of 21 Miles and The Pursuit of Motherhood. She’s swan the English Channel..

Oct 2, 2018
3 min

Jessica Hepburn - Author of 21 Miles and The Pursuit of Motherhood. She’s swan the English Channel..

Jessica is an Author, and Adventure Activist. In her early forties after the eleventh round of unsuccessful IVF, she decided it was time to take on another adventure. It became the start of a journey in pursuit of the answer to the question: ‘Does motherhood make you happy or can you have a fulfilling life without children?’ What she’s learning is that there are many routes to creating a family if you want one but also that life is full of many different adventures. That’s w

Katy Parrott - Finalist in the BBC Special Forces: #UltimateHellWeek. Adventure Seeker,

Sep 25, 2018
3 min

Katy Parrott - Finalist in the BBC Special Forces: #UltimateHellWeek. Adventure Seeker,

Katy 'KP' Parrott has been described as “Tinkerbell crossed with the Terminator”. Katy found her passion for adventure at a young age and when she was 17 went on an expedition to Nepal. Her love of nature and the outdoors led her to gain a First in Biology from the University of Bath and a Masters in wildlife film making for which she had to make a video out in the wilds of Bulgaria. She was a ‘recruit’ in the BBC programme Special Forces: Ultimate Hell Week, which she was se

Terra Roam became the first woman to walk 17,000km, solo and unsupported around Australia!

Aug 21, 2018
3 min

Terra Roam became the first woman to walk 17,000km, solo and unsupported around Australia!

For the past 4 years, Terra has been walking solo and unsupported around Australia. On the 2nd May 2018 Terra became the first woman to walk the 17,000kms + to complete this challenge. During this podcast, Terra shares more about the challenges she has faced, why she has kept motivated and what she has learned from pushing her body to the limits. Terra talks very frankly about her life and the journey she has been on, she also provides top tips and advice on why and how you s

Katy Willings - Chief of Adventures at The Adventurists - Competing the Rickshaw Rally

Aug 14, 2018
3 min

Katy Willings - Chief of Adventures at The Adventurists - Competing the Rickshaw Rally

Katy Willings is the Mongol Derby Chief, and erstwhile Chief of Adventures at The Adventurists. Based in Bristol, UK, she was a junior international dressage rider in her teens. She rode in the inaugural Mongol Derby, the world's longest horse race, in 2009, sparking a later endurance riding career which saw her compete up to 120kms internationally, and became a full-time Adventurist in 2010, working on the Derby, and later the Ice Run, Icarus Trophy and Monkey Run. In the c

Pip Stewart - Cycling 13,000 miles from Malaysia back home to London

Jul 31, 2018
3 min

Pip Stewart - Cycling 13,000 miles from Malaysia back home to London

In 2013, Pip cycled home from Malaysia to London, a journey of 10,000 miles through 26 countries! Once back in London she started to work for Red Bull as their Adventure Editor. In 2016 Pip headed off on a 3,000 mile cycle, boat and plane journey exploring Brazil and Peru to raise awareness of the environmental issues in the region, Pip documented the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest with adventurer Reza Pakravan and shared more about it’s devastating effects on the ind

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